Grand Ecole Program

Bachelor Cycle

Bachelor Cycle –Year 1

Master the necessary management tools and to successfully make the transition between high school and higher education: autonomy, accountability, general culture, and methodology.

Gain the needed foundations to grasp the theoretical and practical fundamentals of the corporate world.

Have hands-on experience in the corporate world with a first-job experience during an internship.

Enroll in the ‘Entrepreneurial-student’ track (from the 1st to the 5th year) for those who wish to create or take over an existing firm and be able to pursue successfully both their studies and their entrepreneurial venture.

The project is submitted to the approval of a panel composed of entrepreneurs and representatives of the support teams.

Programs

Entrepreneurship, management, strategy

Corporate tools

Marketing, sales

Languages and culture

Accounting, finance

Professional project

Corporate environment

Bachelor Cycle –Year 2

In-depth study of the fundamentals of management with more practical teachings (numerous external lecturers).

Increase the number of field experiences through the business assignments and internships to enable students to discover new sectors of activities and new professions, thus helping them to better define their professional project

Bachelor Cycle –Year 3

The 3rd year is 100% international. It is the opportunity to apprehend international business onboth the academic and professional levels.

Acquire the required international experience by following a study abroad program in one of our partner universities and by doing an internship in a foreign enterprise – symbol of open-mindedness and the ability to blend in other cultures and to assimilate different learning methods. A full academic year abroad within an exchange program is also an option.

Choose their major for the Master’s cycle and begin to better define their professional project and future career options in the fifth year.

Complete an International Bachelor: the students can apply for admission at Saxion University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands to follow a full year of international management science courses and obtain an International Bachelor’s degree.

Program

Corporate tools

Internship or exchange semester

Professional project

Languages and culture

Marketing, sales

Accounting, finance

Entrepreneurship, management, strategy

Corporate environment

Graduate cycle | the majors

2 years to choose your job

Masters – the 2nd cycle (2 years), choice of a major and the finalization of the professional project

International Business

Entrepreneurial Management

Marketing Management

Finance-Control-Audit

E-Business (in partnership with Efreitech with a professionalization contract)

Creative Industries Management

Bank and Insurance

International Entrepreneurship

Students can also choose alternative fields of expertise in M2 (4th year): 1 professional option (9 choices) double degrees in France or abroad by combining semesters abroad, ‘summer programs’.

4th year or M1

A year of ‘choice’ – choice of a major and the course of the professional project. The students pursue their general management teachings as well as specialization courses for their majors. Consulting business assignments depend on the major.

5th year or M2

It is the ‘last stretch’ – the finalization of the studies, the professional project and the ‘launching pad’ for the professional insertion. Courses are focused on the major and students have the possibility of reinforcing their competences by choosing one or two professional options (classes are in English).

A Final Master’s Thesis (FMT) and a 6-month Pre-hiring internship are required at the end of the Masters’ cycle.

The Master's cycle is primarily a professional degree and the thesis is a major step in the curriculum. The thesis requires a considerable amount of work and represents a sizeable number of credits towards the completion of the school’s degree. The aim is for the student to present a company or its Chief Executive with a functional tool or to make management proposals based on academic reflections on a topic of his choice. The thesis master is on the teaching staff of the relevant Major.

International entrepreneurship

Objectives of this major

This major focuses on entrepreneurship and its international dimensions. As such, it includes the following areas:

French entrepreneurs who wish to go international and/or wish to start businesses outside of France

International entrepreneurs who wish to start businesses in France and/or abroad

All the courses are held in English

The 3-semester program addresses the following topics:

Global economy and international challenges regarding commercial development, the management, the finance and business management for start-ups

Students will also have the possibility of being personally coached by faculty members in their entrepreneurial initiative.

This International Entrepreneurship major, headed by professors and veteran professionals, allies the best teachings of entrepreneurship and the international.

Prerequisites for students

An adequate language level (B2.1) & an international experience (internship or semester abroad)

Professional Options

Creative Management

Logistic & Supply chain, in Bucharest

Wine industry & hospitality services

Key account manager

e-Business

Job prospects

A French or international business creation

Partner in a start-up

Assistant / Position of responsibility/ management in a SME/SMI

Business development – mainly in an international environment

Commercial manager

Consultant – assistance in setting up businesses

Project manager

e-Business

Master Cycle – E-business Major

This e-business major, with its professionalization contract, allows students to quickly become operational.

Technical courses take place on the campus of Efreitech in Villejuif and the management courses (in English to favor international perspectives) take place at EDC Paris Business School in Paris – La Défense.

To acquire managerial skills in the digital sector.

To be knowledgeable in numeric channels so as to be able to generate activity in the digital sector.

Finance, Control, Audit

To be able to work in the field of Finance and Audit requires a solid and comprehensive knowledge of financial systems and of the tools for the Analysis of Financial Management and Controls (FMC) of firms.

The FCA Major provides students with a degree of literacy in Finance in line with major banks and audit firms and included in the curriculum taught at EDC Paris BS.

Objectives

Follow a career in the “world of figures’ and access to jobs in financial institutions or positions linked to financial issues in French or international firms

Measuring performance to improve results

Accompany and support developments and manage risks

Double degrees offered

“Management of financial instruments” in an apprenticeship with the University of Cergy Pontoise

“Accounting, Control Audit” at the University Paris-Ouest Nanterre (5 DSCG units validated out of 7)

Bank and Insurance

A new major in the ‘Grande École Programme’

The Banking and Insurance major of EDC Paris Business School’s Grande École Programme (Master Degree) is a high level ‘sandwich course’. It prepares future bank and insurance executives to fill operational positions right from the start of their professional careers.

The curriculum of this training program is in line with the realities of the work market and has been designed in close collaboration with bank and insurance professionals.

The Banking and Insurance major provides training of the highest standard to the students who have selected it. It includes in-depth knowledge of insurance products and contracts, useful derivative products for risk management, and the evolution of banking regulations in risk management for the insurance sector.

The students in this major spend three days working in a company and two days at school as part of a one-year professionalization contract.

Creative Industries Management

For now more than twenty years the massive introduction of digital technology has deeply affected the creation, the production and the commercialization of cultural and artistic contents.

Be it in the editing, craftsmanship, design or film production, the audiovisual or the entertainment spheres; management now needs to integrate new economic model as well as new intercultural perspectives and new methods for the production and the consumption of immaterial goods. The creative industries are a most promising sector in terms of future growth and employment and they are in need of business executives having excellent artistic, technological, economic and managerial skills.

All the courses of this major are in English.

The program offered by EDC Paris and 3iS meets the needs for this diverse training that, from the concept to the finished product, combines creativity and rigor as well as organization and boldness.

Produce and commercialize cultural and artistic contents.

Manage the organization of a festival, a tour or a show.

Integrate the new technical and financial challenges related to the digital boom.

Program

A full curriculum in 4 semesters (2 years)

The program is organized over 2 years including 3 academic semesters and 1 internship semester (in France or abroad). Courses are designed around practical situations aiming at combining the learning of operational management techniques with the implementation of the technical and artistic aspects of a production.

4th year

Creativity and TV ads

Analysis of the production and the economics of a multinational firm in the creative industry

Study of an artistic creation

Creation of a logo/poster for an event

Participation in the ‘Cérémonie des Lumières’

Economic and legal analysis of an artistic creation

Study trip, Intercultural management

MultiCam show

Production of cultural events

Organization of a festival.

60 ECTS credits are allotted for the 4th year

5th year

Entrepreneurial process

Methodology for the dissertation

Strategy (business intelligence, lobbying, monitoring)

Project monitoring

Business game

Media training

Sponsorship

Special event management

Media planning

Copyright law

60 ECTS credits are allotted for the 5th year

Job opportunities after graduation

Art and Culture

Editorial manager

Sponsorship manager

Manager of a show venue

Communication manager for a cultural site, a museum.

Cinema and Audiovisual

Production manager

Theater manager

Producer

Media and New media

Programmer

Journalist

Multimedia project manager

Fashion, Design, and Architecture

Product manager

Event communication manager

A program in partnership with 3iS

3iS and EDC Paris Business School have pooled their expertise to develop a novel two-year curriculum.

Courses are held alternatively on both campuses (15 days at a time): EDC Paris BS is located in the heart of Paris’s business district in La defense and 3iS is in Elancourt.

All the courses of the 2-year program are in English.

This program leads to a Master’s degree, BAC+5 (approved by the French Ministry of Education) issued by EDC Paris Business School and the title “Master of Arts” issued by 3iS.

EDC Paris in a click

A pragmatic and professional approach

Professional options

During the course of their 5th year, students can enhance their expertise by choosing to follow 1 or 2 professional options. Most of these options are held in English. The professional option can become a real “springboard” for their future professional integration.

International Business

Supply Chain & Logistics

Wine Industry & Hospitality Services

E-Business

Key Account Manager

Strategy consulting and organization of small and medium-sized enterprises (by KPMG)

Manager la coopération créative

Management Entrepreneurial

Supply Chain & Logistics

eBusiness

Strategy consulting and organization of small and medium-sized enterprises (by KPMG)

Wine Industry & Hospitality Services

Key Account Manager

Manager la coopération créative

International Entrepreneurship

Strategy consulting and organization of small and medium-sized enterprises (by KPMG)

Supply Chain & Logistics

Wine Industry & Hospitality Services

Key Account Manager

Manager la coopération créative

eBusiness

Marketing Management

E-Business

Key Account Manager

Strategy consulting and organization of small and medium-sized enterprises (by KPMG)

Supply Chain & Logistics

Manager la coopération créative

Wine industry & hospitality services

Finance, Controle, Audit

Audit

Wine Industry & Hospitality Services

Supply Chain & Logistics

Double degrees

Doubles diplômes

Bachelor Cycle

Great Britain Richmond University, Londres

The Netherlands: Saxion University Deventer, Enschede (BBA)

Romania : Academia de Studii Economice din Bucaresti, Bucharest

In some majors, students have the possibility of preparing a double degree

In apprenticeship, at the University of Cergy-Pontoise

“Management of financial instruments”

“Management of marketing studies and opinions”

At the University of Bordeaux IV (IAE, Institut d’Administration des Entreprises)

Languages at EDC Paris BS

The “English Track” program

The “English track” curriculum is open to students having a good language level – starting in the 1st year.

It enables students to follow all of their courses in English. A good language level is required to qualify, but it is not necessary to be bilingual. EDC Paris BS has designed its own language learning method, which allows for fast visible results.

Culture and civilization department

Department of Culture & civilizations

The study of two foreign languages is required. English is the first foreign language studied by all students. The choice of the second language is optional. Students may choose between German, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, French (as a foreign language), Italian and Portuguese. Whenever the quota of ten students to open a class is not reached, students have the possibility of following courses in a partner school – this is the case, for example, for Dutch, Hebrew, and Russian.

The goal of language teaching is to enable students to improve their language skills, to enhance their international qualifications and boost their employability.

A language placement test for English and Spanish (the most popular second language choice) is held at the beginning of the first year. Teachings are thus based on level groups tailored to the needs and motivations of the students. Course contents are in conformity with the Common European Framework of References for languages.

The first two years consist mainly in the intensive study of general linguistic and business vocabulary skills in order to better prepare students for their 3rd-year study abroad program. For the students who remain in Paris for their 3rd year, language courses are held only during the first semester and are focused on the skills needed to find a job or an internship.

Language assessments take place regularly during the course of studies. In order to have an objective view of the progress made by the students, they are required to sit for the TOEFL that assesses a B2 level in the Common European Framework of References for languages. It was decided to have all students sit for this exam as it confers an official certification of the students’ level in English, without a limited administrative validity. Moreover, our international partners most often require a formal independent valuation of a student’s language skills. It also gives a realistic view of the English level of students at the end of their second year and the measure of the work that still needs to be accomplished.

Finally, the fourth year is dedicated to the preparation of the TOEIC exam. Students in Spanish and German also benefit from intensive training for the WiDaF exam and the Spanish foreign language degree exam (DELE).

Entrepreneurial approach

The student entrepreneur track

The “Entrepreneurial-Student” Track is aimed at those who feel entrepreneurial and have the will to create a company. This track can be chosen at any time during the course of studies as it allows the flexibility needed by the ‘apprentice-entrepreneur’ to meet the various obligations inherent to his/her project.

The selected students will benefit from numerous support arrangements provided by referring partners, such as EDC Capital for example.